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Help for !RAMcram
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This application gives you the power to alter the
size of the RAMdisc when it has some files in it (not
normally possible). It is intended to release 'free'
memory 'trapped' in the RAMdisc. (e.g. If you have 20kB
of files on a 200kB RAMdisc, then approx 180kB of memory
is not being used by the RAMdisc, but no other
applications can use that memory)
When run (by double-clicking it's icon), !RAMcram will
bring up a window with 2 buttons ('OK' and 'CANCEL'),
and a memory size 'strip' similar to those used in the
desktop 'Task Display' window. At this point, you can
cancel the operation by clicking on CANCEL, or tell
RAMcram to go ahead by clicking on the OK button. If you
wish to change the minimum amount of free memory in the
RAMdisc, then drag the red bar until you acheive the
size required (exactly as in the Task Window). For
example, if you drag the bar to '128K', then RAMcram
will guarantee at least 128K is free for use in the
RAMdisc (if enough memory is free for it to do this)
If there is not enough free memory to cram the
RAMdisc, !RAMcram will complain. If there is enough
memory to cram the RAMdisc, but not enough to give the
free memory requested, the RAMdisc will remain the same
size.
Unfortunately, due to the way the Operating System
works, RAMcram must copy every file off the RAMdisc,
re-size the RAMdisc, and then put all the files back.
This means that to run, RAMcram must have at least as
much memory free as the RAMdisc has used up by files.
RAMcram will tell you if it can't find enough free
memory to compress the RAMdisc.
RAMcram also has an upper limit of 255 files. If more
files than this are on the RAMdisc, RAMcram will abort
the cram.
NOTE: I accept NO responsibility for any damage to
files or loss of files arising from the use of this
application. ONLY use RAMcram when the files on the
RAMdisc are copies of files on floppy or hard discs,
and can therefore be recovered from those discs if a
problem occurs.
Note also that directories will lose their time-stamp
when RAMcrammed (They will be re-timestamped with the
time and date when they were RAMcrammed), though any
files in said directories will have correct timestamps.